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Thanks - for the info. With the parts book refering to it as 'spring push rod' I thought it may refer to the bar that pushes the two shoes apart when the handbrake is applied. The problem I have is that I can not see a way of th espring actually making its way to the handbrake ctuating arm if it sits on the pivot as the coil in the spring suggests.

1936 Triumph Gloria rear brakes It's springtime! Not quite perhaps but I would like to know how or where this spring fits (circled in yellow, part #5167) and its purpose. I am aware they are handed and that it must hold something in place. The brakes came to me disassembled so I have never seen them on the backplate. My best guess so far is also shown. To me it does not feel right, the shorter curved end looks as though it should wrap around or rest against something.